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Joe Morelle: Disclosure laws do not silence speech, they simply ask you to stand by it.

On the recordMay 10, 2023
Disclosure laws do not silence speech, they simply ask you to stand by it.
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Joe Morelle
Democratic · New York

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Morelle argues that transparency laws support rather than hinder political speech.

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